And I began to let him go. Hour by hour. Days into months. It was a physical sensation, like letting out the string of a kite. Except that the string was coming from my center.
Augusten BurroughsAcceptance, when it comes, arrives in waves: Listen with your chest. You will feel a pendulum swing within you, favoring one direction or another. And that is your answer. The answer is always inside your chest. The right choice weighs more. That's how you know. It causes you to lean in its direction.
Augusten BurroughsMy mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times.
Augusten BurroughsАз самият съм направен изцяло от недостатъци, зашити заедно с добри намерения.
Augusten BurroughsNot crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort of way. Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax.p28
Augusten BurroughsTag: mother augusten-burroughs running-with-scissors
Hope and God were buddies. Theirs was not a formal relationship steeped in ritual and tradition. It was more of a close yet casual friendship.
Augusten BurroughsI knew that he was as reliable as a mathematical formula.
Augusten BurroughsMy window fogs and this makes me feel like there is no world outside of the car.
Augusten BurroughsIt's not that I was an outright nitwit of a child.
Augusten BurroughsTag: first-sentence
In the middle of the conversation, I open a third ale. I cup my hand over the mouthpiece so they don't hear the tab of the ale being popped. It dawns on me that this is a slightly contrary action. Like stopping into Baby Gap before having an abortion.
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